Can't play Portal: Aperture Deja Vu

[Khajiit]

I installed the mod and when I run it I get a "Can't load background image error. I couldn't find how to fix it.

[Calmly Frenetic]

For most old source mods, you will need to update the "gameinfo.txt" file to suit the new "steampipe" file format. For Portal mods, edit the file from "FileSystem" onwards so it looks like this:

  FileSystem
  {
	SteamAppId		400
		
	SearchPaths
	{
		game+mod	|gameinfo_path|.
		platform	|gameinfo_path|.

		game_lv		portal/portal_lv.vpk
		game+mod	portal/portal_sound_vo_english.vpk
		game+mod	portal/portal_pak.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_textures.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_vo_english.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_misc.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_misc.vpk
		platform	|all_source_engine_paths|platform/platform_misc.vpk

		mod+mod_write+default_write_path	|gameinfo_path|.

		game+game_write		|gameinfo_path|.

		gamebin		portal/bin

		game		|all_source_engine_paths|portal

		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2
		platform	|all_source_engine_paths|platform
	}
  } 
} 

[Khajiit]

Now I get a different error. It says that gameinfo.txt is not a valid format.

[Calmly Frenetic]

Originally posted by TheCh0senOne™:

Now I get a different error. It says that gameinfo.txt is not a valid format.

Ummm... Did you keep the first part of the file, and replace everything from "FileSystem" to the end of the file with the text above?

The entire "gameinfo.txt" file for "Portal: Aperture Deja Vu" is as follows:

"GameInfo"
{
  game		"Portal: Aperture Deja Vu"
  title 	"Portal: Aperture Deja Vu"
  type		singleplayer_only
  developer	"Marty "Skinnycap" - Team"
  developer_url	"http://www.moddb.com/mods/aperture-dj-vu"

  "icon"	"dejavu"
  nodifficulty	1
  hasportals	1

  FileSystem
  {
	SteamAppId		400
		
	SearchPaths
	{
		game+mod	|gameinfo_path|.
		platform	|gameinfo_path|.

		game_lv		portal/portal_lv.vpk
		game+mod	portal/portal_sound_vo_english.vpk
		game+mod	portal/portal_pak.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_textures.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_vo_english.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_misc.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_misc.vpk
		platform	|all_source_engine_paths|platform/platform_misc.vpk

		mod+mod_write+default_write_path	|gameinfo_path|.

		game+game_write		|gameinfo_path|.

		gamebin		portal/bin

		game		|all_source_engine_paths|portal

		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2
		platform	|all_source_engine_paths|platform
	}
  }
} 

[Khajiit]

Originally posted by Calmly Frenetic:

Originally posted by TheCh0senOne™:

Now I get a different error. It says that gameinfo.txt is not a valid format.

Ummm... Did you keep the first part of the file, and replace everything from "FileSystem" to the end of the file with the text above?

The entire "gameinfo.txt" file for "Portal: Aperture Deja Vu" is as follows:

"GameInfo"
{
  game		"Portal: Aperture Deja Vu"
  title 	"Portal: Aperture Deja Vu"
  type		singleplayer_only
  developer	"Marty "Skinnycap" - Team"
  developer_url	"http://www.moddb.com/mods/aperture-dj-vu"

  "icon"	"dejavu"
  nodifficulty	1
  hasportals	1

  FileSystem
  {
	SteamAppId		400
		
	SearchPaths
	{
		game+mod	|gameinfo_path|.
		platform	|gameinfo_path|.

		game_lv		portal/portal_lv.vpk
		game+mod	portal/portal_sound_vo_english.vpk
		game+mod	portal/portal_pak.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_textures.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_vo_english.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_misc.vpk
		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_misc.vpk
		platform	|all_source_engine_paths|platform/platform_misc.vpk

		mod+mod_write+default_write_path	|gameinfo_path|.

		game+game_write		|gameinfo_path|.

		gamebin		portal/bin

		game		|all_source_engine_paths|portal

		game		|all_source_engine_paths|hl2
		platform	|all_source_engine_paths|platform
	}
  }
} 

No, I completely erased everything and pasted what you gave me. And now I'm confused. Should I just paste the one you gave me know?

[Calmly Frenetic]

For "Portal: Aperture Deja Vu", you can erase everything, and paste the second one I gave you.


If you play other Portal mods in the future, and need to edit the gameinfo.txt file, you should erase only the last part of the file (from "FileSystem" to the end) and then paste the text from my first post above.

[Khajiit]

Now it's completely gone from my library. Anyway, I'll reinstall it later and see what happens.

[Calmly Frenetic]

You won't need to reinstall anything. It disappeared from your library because you erased the first part of the gameinfo.txt file (which includes the name of the mod).
Once you update the gameinfo.txt file, and then restart Steam, it will appear in your library again.

[Khajiit]

Yeap, you were right again. It runs fine now.
Listen to this guy, guys.